Hourly to Salary Calculator

2026-10-17

Enter your pay as hourly, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or yearly and see every other period at once. Set your hours, overtime and unpaid weeks, add your own tax rate to see take-home pay, and compare two jobs side by side. It is not a country tax calculator, so it works for any country.

How to use the hourly to salary calculator

1. Type your pay in Pay amount and choose how it is paid: per hour, day, week, two weeks, half month, month or year.
2. Set your schedule: hours per week, days per week and weeks per year. The defaults (40 hours, 5 days, 52 weeks) describe a full-time year of 2,080 hours. If some weeks are not paid, enter them under Unpaid weeks off.
3. If you work extra hours, add the overtime hours per week and the multiplier your employer pays, for example 1.5.
4. Optionally enter an income tax percentage, other percentage deductions and a fixed amount, to see take-home pay as well as gross pay.
5. Read the table: every period is shown at once, gross and take-home. Tick Compare with a second job to add a Job B and see the difference.
6. Choose a currency symbol, then use Copy results to paste the numbers elsewhere.

How it works

The calculator turns the pay you enter into one yearly gross figure, then divides it into every other period. The yearly figure depends on the pay period you chose:

• per hour: rate × hours per week × weeks per year
• per day: rate × days per week × weeks per year
• per week: pay × weeks per year; every two weeks: half as many periods
• twice a month: pay × 24; per month: pay × 12; per year: the pay itself

Unpaid weeks reduce the year: with P = weeks per year − unpaid weeks, the yearly pay is multiplied by P / weeks per year. A rate of 22 per hour at 40 hours for 52 weeks gives 45,760; with 3 unpaid weeks it gives 22 × 40 × 49 = 43,120.

The base hourly rate is the regular yearly pay divided by hours per week × P. Overtime adds overtime hours × base rate × multiplier × P to the year. Then the periods are:

• yearly = the total; monthly = total / 12; semi-monthly = total / 24
• weekly = total / P; bi-weekly = 2 × total / P
• daily = total / (days per week × P)
• hourly = total / (hours per week including overtime × P)

Take-home pay is the yearly gross minus income tax (gross × tax %), minus other percentage deductions, minus the fixed deduction converted to a year (per month × 12, per week × P, and so on). Results are rounded to cents only when displayed.

Examples

Example 1: hourly pay to every period. 25 per hour, 40 hours, 52 weeks. Yearly: 25 × 40 × 52 = 52,000. Monthly: 52,000 / 12 = 4,333.33. Semi-monthly: 2,166.67. Bi-weekly: 2,000. Weekly: 1,000. Daily: 200.

Example 2: salary to hourly. A salary of 65,000 per year at 40 hours and 52 weeks is 2,080 hours, so the hourly rate is 65,000 / 2,080 = 31.25. Monthly: 5,416.67. Bi-weekly: 2,500. Weekly: 1,250. Daily: 250.

Example 3: overtime. 20 per hour, 40 regular hours and 5 overtime hours at 1.5, 52 weeks. Regular pay: 41,600. Overtime rate 30, so overtime adds 5 × 30 × 52 = 7,800. Yearly total: 49,400. Weekly: 950. Monthly: 4,116.67. The average hourly pay over all 45 hours is 21.11.

Example 4: take-home pay. 25 per hour as in example 1, with 15% income tax, 5% other deductions and a fixed deduction of 100 per month. Deductions per year: 7,800 + 2,600 + 1,200 = 11,600, which is 22.3% of gross. Take-home: 52,000 − 11,600 = 40,400 per year, 3,366.67 per month, 776.92 per week and 19.42 per hour.

Gross pay, take-home pay and your tax rate

Gross pay is the amount before anything is taken out. Take-home pay, also called net pay, is what reaches your bank account. The difference is usually income tax plus other contributions such as pension, health insurance or union fees.

This tool does not calculate tax for any country. Tax rules differ widely, and many countries use progressive brackets, where the rate rises with income. A single percentage cannot copy that, so enter your effective rate: total tax divided by total income. Your payslip or last tax return shows both figures. Use the second percentage field for contributions that are a share of pay, and the fixed field for amounts that stay the same, such as a monthly insurance premium. The result is an estimate, not a payslip.

To weigh two offers, tick the compare option and give Job B its own pay, hours and deductions. The comparison line shows the take-home difference per year and per month.

Common mistakes when converting pay

• Monthly pay is not weekly pay times 4. A year has about 4.33 weeks per month (52 / 12). Multiplying by 4 covers only 48 weeks and understates yearly pay by roughly 7.7%.
• Bi-weekly is not semi-monthly. Bi-weekly pay arrives 26 times a year, semi-monthly pay 24 times. With bi-weekly pay, two months of the year usually contain three paychecks.
• Forgetting unpaid time. If you do not get paid for holidays, leave or breaks between contracts, enter those weeks as unpaid. Otherwise an hourly rate overstates what you earn in a year.
• Counting paid leave as unpaid. For a salary with paid vacation, keep the unpaid weeks at 0. The hourly figure then spreads the salary over all paid weeks.
• Using 52 weeks exactly. A calendar year has about 52.18 weeks, so 52 is a convention. Change the weeks per year if your contract uses another number.
• Ignoring overtime rules. Whether overtime is paid, and at what multiplier, depends on your contract and local law.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?

Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work each week and by the number of paid weeks in a year. At 40 hours and 52 weeks that is the rate times 2,080.

How do I convert a salary to an hourly rate?

Divide the yearly salary by the hours worked in a year, which is hours per week times paid weeks. Choose "Year" as the pay period, enter the salary and read the hourly row of the table.

Which tax rate should I enter?

Use your effective rate: the tax you actually pay divided by your gross income. It is lower than the top bracket rate. If you do not know it, leave tax at 0 or try a few rates.

How are unpaid weeks handled?

Each unpaid week removes one week of pay from the year. Weekly, bi-weekly, daily and hourly figures show pay for the weeks you are paid. Monthly, semi-monthly and yearly figures are averages over the whole year, so they are lower than the entered amount when unpaid weeks exist.

Does the calculator convert currencies?

No. The currency selector only changes the symbol shown next to the numbers. Everything is calculated in the one currency you entered, and no exchange rates are used.

Is my pay information stored or sent anywhere?

No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Your last entries are kept only in your own browser's local storage; Reset to example clears them.

This tool gives estimates for planning only. It is not tax, legal or payroll advice, and it does not replace your payslip or employment contract.

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